I have learned a VERY valuable lesson these past few days. I AM NOT READY TO BE A MOTHER OF THREE, A CAT, AND A DOG!!!! I got a short nanny job for the weekend while parents went house hunting in Mississippi. I didn't know this family but an old ward member gave my name to them and they were desperate. Since I don't have a job this summer I took it! I'll share some lessons learned- I'm sure most of you already know them but it was relatively new for me!
- bathing two kids at once is so much harder than one at a time! especially with squirt guns involved!
-three year old's poop REALLY smells.
-don't entrust potty training to a babysitter- IT DOESN'T WORK!!
-ANYTHING left out on the table/counter will be eaten by the dog the minute you leave the room!
-bath time seems to equal run around naked for 20 minutes around here
-won't eat??? bacon works every time!
-remember to let the dog out!!!
-a cat that hides from the kids all day becomes annoyingly lovey around 4am
-thank goodness for primary! You mean you want to take my kids for TWO HOURS?! GREAT!-whoever invented in-car DVD players is a genius! I owe my sanity to them!
-"you wont eat again?" hmm.... too late for bacon..... "HOTDOG"!
-don't dangle your feet off the bed. The cat will get them. At 2am. ow.
-thank you liken the scriptures.... providing Sunday sanity to moms everywhere
-they don't care what episode of Spongebob it is... even if its the third time for that one in a day!
I cant even explain my thoughts when I turned the corner to see the little boy running across and around the couches in his underware and a mario hat with a pirate sword. He was fully dressed when I saw him not 3 minutes earlier!
Thank Goodness I don't have to be a full time Mommy yet! I for sure need more patience before that happens!!
Thank Goodness I don't have to be a full time Mommy yet! I for sure need more patience before that happens!!
5 comments:
Haha! Sounds exciting! Luckily they come one at a time and you get used to them as they grow....(when they're your own)
Too funny. The good thing is that the kids usually don't come as triplets and they also start out really small and with relatively fewer challenges. I think they should give teens a crash course in motherhood and they would rethink ever getting pregnant before marriage. Thanks for sharing the lessons learned.
Bad news, Tiffy. You don't get patience BEFORE becoming a mother. You get patience DURING being a mother... :)
I am busting a gut laughing....1 - because I can see you being the funniest fun one with all those kids,"Come on, time for some more bacon." And 2 - because we had a bit of naked dancing around bath time tonight, and last night, and and...I can relate to too many of those things! I am not ready to be a mom either. When are you making me a cute apron? I want one!
Yes, enjoy being single while you can! It all changes really fast so don't wish it away!
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